Otis Tufts

Otis Tufts I
Born	(1804-02-14)February 14, 1804 Cambridge, Massachusetts
Died	November 5, 1869(1869-11-05) (aged 65) Boston, Massachusetts
Spouse	Sarah Caroline Oliver ​ ​ (m. 1824⁠–⁠1869)​
Children	Otis Tufts II
Parent(s)	Stephen Tufts Lucy Frost
Relatives	Robert Channing Seamans Jr., greatgrandson

Otis Tufts (February 14, 1804 - November 5, 1869) was a machinist and inventor who built printing machines, steam engines, firefighting equipment and invented the steam pile driver. ^[1]

Biography

Otis Tufts was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1804 to Stephen Tufts and Lucy Frost Tufts. He had a twin brother, Joseph Tufts who died on July 24, 1807. On April 1, 1824, he married Sarah Caroline Oliver (1803-1868), in Malden, Massachusetts. Sarah was the daughter of William Oliver and Sarah Caroline Cheever. Together they had four children: Sarah, Eliza, Caroline and Otis. ^[2]

In 1837, he built a steam-operated printing press. In addition, he built the first double-hulled iron steamship. He died in 1869, at the age of 65. ^[3]

References

1. Dennis Hevesi (July 3, 2008). "R. C. Seamans Jr., NASA Figure, Dies at 89". New York Times . Retrieved 2008-07-03. His great-great-grandfather Otis Tufts constructed the first steam-operated printing press in the United States and invented the steam pile driver.
2. "Otis Tufts". Rootsweb . Retrieved 2008-07-03.
3. "Otis Tufts". Elevator Museum. Retrieved 2008-07-03.